Blocksy Companion <= 1.8.81 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via blocksy_posts shortcode

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-1911
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published April 10, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Erwan LR
Description

The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.8.81 via the blocksy_posts shortcode. This can allow authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to extract sensitive data including draft posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug blocksy-companion (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.81
Patched Version
  • 1.8.82
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